Duke, Irish Stage NCAA Championship Game Rematch in
Jacksonville

Defending NCAA Division I men's lacrosse champion Duke will open
the 2011 season Feb. 20 against Notre Dame in a rematch of last
year's NCAA final as part of a double-header at EverBank Field,
home of the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars.

Jacksonville University, entering its second season, will host
Georgetown in the first game. The Dolphins are the first Division I
men's lacrosse team in Florida. JU officials say they hope to sell
about 15,000 tickets for the event.

“It’s a growing sport,” associate athletic
director Joel Lamp told The (Jacksonville) Daily Record.
“Having a national event doesn’t only help us, but it
also helps the city... It'll be the biggest lacrosse event ever in
the state of Florida."

This is the latest of several lacrosse events slated for premier
venues in 2011.

Inside Lacrosse, a partner in the Jacksonville event, will again
host triple-headers in the March 12 Face-Off Classic
(Syracuse-Georgetown, Cornell-Virginia, Hopkins-UMBC at M&T
Bank Stadium in Baltimore) and the April 3 Big City Classic
(Rutgers-St. John's, Hopkins-UNC, Syracuse-Duke at New Meadlowlands
in East Rutherford, N.J.). IL will also stage the April 17 Day of
Rivals double-header featuring Army-Navy and Hopkins-Maryland.

On April 16, the New England Classic will feature
Syracuse-Providence and Princeton-Dartmouth at Gillette Stadium in
Foxboro, Mass.

On April 23, the ESPNU Warrior Classic will bring UMass-Hofstra
and Rugers-Syracuse to Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Conn.

Ohio State will visit Denver to play at Invesco Field on April
16. A week later, the Buckeyes host the "Showdown in the Shoe,"
playing Fairfield at Ohio Stadium on April 23 in conjunction with
the OSU's spring football game.

In women's lacrosse, former five-time NCAA Division I champion
Northwestern will play William and Mary at Cowboy Stadium in Dallas
on March 19.